That, at least, is the conclusion emerging from anecdotal reports and as-yet-incomplete data collected by Stephen Lemire, executive director of the National Professional Science Master's Association (NPSMA), an organization of programs, students, graduates, and supporters of the degree.
This can be achieved by data collection for shorter periods, by implication incomplete data collection, or extending recall windows so that data are collected completely.
Incomplete data were collected retrospectively.
The following boys were excluded from the group: 6 boys with depression, 11 boys with anxiety disorder, 24 preterm-born boys, 28 postterm-born ones, and 8 boys for whom incomplete data were collected.
On completion of the DCE survey, we checked the data collected for incomplete sequence(s) of choices so as to avoid estimation biases due to discontinuous preferences ("noise") created by information overload, boredom, unfamiliarity with or lack of interest in the survey.
"The data collected is inevitably incomplete and, in addition, has to be very carefully handled because of its sensitivity".
Approximately 250 patients per country were calculated to provide adequate precision for the estimation of mean direct costs, assuming that 10% of data collected may be incomplete or inadequate for use.
Data collected retrospectively are inevitably incomplete, posing a complex problem in the interpretation of results [ 23, 24].
Medical data collected at these hospitals are often incomplete.
Missing clinical records, and incomplete records, will have affected the quality of the data collected.
